What is a Home Network?  What is a Router?  The Connected Home 101
February 23, 2010 – 4:18 pm | No Comment

Don’t worry! It may not seem like it yet, but with my help, you’ll see Home networking is much easier than it used to be when you had to hire a professional to connect it …

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DTV Transition

Coming June 12, 2009. What do you need to know? “How to” info that the techies haven’t told you.

Gadgets on the go

MP3s, iPods, iPhones, GPS, anything you want to take with you. What they are. What you want. How to use it.

Home Networks - TVs, Online, & Computers

View your photos or listen to your music from your computer to your TV and home theater. Watch online videos from HULU or YouTube, etc. The Digital Home. All explained with simple “how to” DIY

HomeTheater

From TVs to Audio to Blu-ray Disc Players to Networked TVs, to DVDs–”how to” DIY

Troubleshooting Technology

Tips on where to look first when your electronics aren’t working. Troubleshooting tips to try. Tips on “how to” approach solving your problem.

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Online Video is Keeping Cable Subscriptions Alive; Will Free Online TV disappear?
February 18, 2010 – 11:22 pm | No Comment
Online Video is Keeping Cable Subscriptions Alive; Will Free Online TV disappear?

We’ve been thinking that we can just get rid of cable and get all of our TV shows from online, but cable companies are finding ways to keep us subscribing.  This became evident when I …

NBC’s Zucker talks about Boxee & Hulu
February 5, 2010 – 12:11 am | No Comment
NBC’s Zucker talks about Boxee & Hulu

Boxee, the video-watching computer software, and soon-to-be online video streaming device (can connect to CBS.com, comedy central, MTV and many others), was discussed during today’s NBC/Comcast congressional hearings. NBC was questioned about blocking Boxee users …

BEFORE YOU SELL ON E-BAY PROTECT YOURSELF! BEWARE!
February 2, 2010 – 6:36 pm | No Comment
BEFORE YOU SELL ON E-BAY PROTECT YOURSELF! BEWARE!

Now I know why I hear less about people selling on eBay. There is so much illegal activity, you can’t trust that you’ve really sold an item. Here is a little bit about …

New Ways to get Photos, Movies, and Music around your WHOLE HOME
January 5, 2010 – 4:42 pm | No Comment
New Ways to get Photos, Movies, and Music around  your WHOLE HOME

I’m using this New Year’s day as a starting point to talk about the future of your home entertainment…And about letting go of old views of how we  have watched and listened to our TV …

How to Unclutter your Facebook Wall
October 24, 2009 – 8:07 pm | No Comment
How to Unclutter your Facebook Wall

As explained in my previous blog, Facebook is filtering your News Feeds for you. If you are like me, you’d rather decide whose feeds YOU want to see, instead of having it decided for …

Try out MMS on your iPhone Today! Finally send pictures with your text messages
September 25, 2009 – 3:35 pm | No Comment
Try out MMS on your iPhone Today! Finally send pictures with your text messages

UPDATE: As of 11:30 am PST, the AT&T upgrade is available.  IMPORTANT!: If your iPhone doesn’t automatically shut down and restart, you will have to turn off your phone and restart it  (press the top …

Not ALWAYS User Error (Sometimes it’s NOT your fault)
May 30, 2009 – 3:38 am | No Comment
Not ALWAYS User Error (Sometimes it’s NOT your fault)

Have you ever noticed that… just after you’ve hooked up a new device, or moved your equipment, or changed a setting or even added software on a computer…a day or two later something breaks and …

Manage the power
September 12, 2008 – 5:29 am | No Comment

I have a decent home theater and would hate to have to replace it. This is a case of why spend lots of money on a fancy surge protector when there’s cheap ones out …

The Future of Plasma TV–Project Kuro– Video as Poetry
January 30, 2008 – 10:44 pm | No Comment

Project Kuro was my pick for the most awe-inspiring video innovation at this year’s CES. Pioneer came out with their new line of plasma TVs that were completely re-engineered this past year called “Kuro.” …

They stole my book Title–Beware
September 26, 2007 – 6:39 am | No Comment

I do a lot of work with Home Theater and home electronics and know a fair amount about the web, but what do you do when someone steals your book title as the name of …